Palm shield



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W1. NEBACZK .PALM SHIELD Filed Oct. 10, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 PALM SHIELD Filed Oct. 10, 1955 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented May 19, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 3 Claims.

This invention relates to protective hand covering devices.

This invention has utility when incorporated in wear-resisting fragmentary facings adapted to contribute to longevity in special wear or use of work gloves or mittens.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a view of an embodiment of the invention from the palm side, with parts broken away;

Fig. 2 is a view of an embodiment of the invention of Fig. 1 from the rear or back of the glove" with which it is assembled;

Fig. 3 is a View of the major blank for the device or accessory of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a view of the thumb digit fragment or stall portion of the accessory of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a view of an embodiment of the device having, in addition to the thumb fragmentary stall, an index finger complete stall;

Fig. 6 is a view, on a reduced scale, of the major portion of the blank for the device of Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary view of an anchoring strip or thong for the accessory back in lieu of the lacing of Fig. 2;

Fig. 8 is a view of the back of a glove having an embodiment of the accessory with a more snug assembly means;

Fig. 9 is a front view, with parts broken away, of the accessory with a jersey wrist type of glove instead of a gauntlet type as shown in Fig. 8; and

Fig. 10 is a perspective view of the accessory from the palm side.

Primary hand covering including thumb digit I, index finger digit 2, middle finger digit 3, third finger digit 4, little finger digit 5, with palm 6, is herein shown of the so-called Gunn cut type. That is, the second and third fingers are assembled with the palmby stitching I. These digits and palm may be of wear facing material as leather, with extension 8 from the palm over gauntlet or wrist 9. General back I of fabric completes the glove.

In providing wear accessory of palm shield form hereunder, blank I I of palm covering extent is shown with marginal seats or openings I2, I3, I4, I5, and digit-receiving openings or seats IE, IT. Additionally, cuts I8, I9, into the main palm II of the blank leave thumb inside intermediate portion 20 to be folded up and stitch-assembled with thumb back fragment stall section 2|. Thumb surrounding stall section 22 with this palm II .thereby provides a substantial wear protector for the glove efiective not only to be seamless in the general wear extent across the palm II and for the crotch side of the thumb stall 22, but with extension 23 a desired distance across the stitching 'I from the second and third fingers. This is an effective protection against wear attack and contributes materially to the longevity in severe use of the hand covering even of full glove type.

Importance attaches in such assembly of this accessory that it is not readily shifted from the desired working position. To this end, the little finger 2 may be inserted through the opening I6 and the index finger 5 through the opening I'I. With such two finger digits and the thumb digit in the stall 22, there is a general fixed substantial extent for firmly positioning this accessory, while in position on the hand of the wearer of the glove.

However, more positive anchoring may occur by supplemental attaching means, herein shown as lacing 24 through the several eyelets or openings forming the seats I2, I3, I4, I5. Instead of just lacing these criss-cross as to the back of the hand of the glove I8, supplemental anchoring may be had by tab 25 fixed with the wrist 9 and providing openings 26 for the lacing 24. This lacing or back anchoring is effective for the hand 25 margin portions of the palm I I, in that the wearer, in use, may contact the device hand side either at the little finger or with the thumb and not thus attack the hand covering proper.

This accessory is adaptable to special working 0 conditions. It leaves the fingers free for delicacy of feel as to the digit termini while load-receiving portions are protected against even sliver or cutting action from material, as raw edges of metal, wood, other products, or even glass. Furthermore, the design of this accessory may be adapted to special conditions as met in peculiar lines of work. For instance, in polishing or buffing wherein the holding of work toward or into a high speed rotary tool may tend to expose the index finger toward the digit tip from the thumb, protection is afforded against such extreme hazard by reinforcement extension 21 (Fig. 6) assembled into closed stall 28 for the index finger digit. The lacing 24 or other adjustable eX- tensible means may, as assembled for the wearer, be tied and cut to such length, thus leaving the accessory as an element of the hand covering until it is desired to discard, when the lacing may be united or cut and be replaced or the glove used direct, should such be desired.

In some instances there may not be the necessity for adjusting the accessory and the anchoring may not necessarily extend to the cult" and the die may include snap, hook or other anchoring means as the fastenings. A simplified assembly involves slot means 29 (Fig. '7) through which strap 30 extends to snap fastening 3|. The strap 30 is held at its opposite end by staple 32.

Adaptation herein to hand covering is not specific to the insert type of facings for the intermediate fingers 3, 4, nor to special facing or merely canvas facing. In fact, instead of wrist 9 there may be gauntlet 33 (Fig. 8) or knit wrist 34 (Fig. 9) In some operations, especially in connection with machinery or where there may be moving parts or tendency to pull any loose or open work that might cause the workman to be injured or detract from the ability to work, purpose of the accessory or palm shield herein is promoted in providing parallel strips 35 (Fig. 8) as anchoring means fixed with the glove or hand covering proper. These parallel strips 35 are provided with seats or eyes 36 from which lacing 3'! may extend to complementary eyes 38 as seats in the edge portions of the palm I I. This palm I I may have extension 39 therefrom for the intermediate fingers a desired distance up from the finger crotches. The thumb stall 22 is also of a desired length which may leave the thumb tip as well as the finger tips free for more readily sensing the work handled. Herein, the separate lacings 31 may be effective in snugly holding the renewable accessory, but as the accessory is to be discarded, the lacing may be; undone or be united or cut and a supplemental facing as desired may be adopted.

What is claimed and it is desired to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination with a hand covering having parallel spaced strips fixed therewith at the back, each strip having a series of eyes, of a separate palm shield having side extensions therefrom provided with eyes in complementary relation to the eyes of said hand covering strips, and lacing means between the eyes of the strip means and palm shield fixedly mounting the shield upon the hand covering as a detachable accessory therefor.

2. The combination with a hand covering having a plurality of eye-providing seats fixed therewith at the back, of a separate palm shield having side extensions therefrom provided with eyes in complementary relation to the eyes at the back of said hand covering, and lacing means between the eyes of the back and palm shield fixedly mounting the shield upon the hand covering as a detachable accessory therefor.

3. The combination with a hand covering having flap-providing means anchored therewith at the back, said means having a plurality of eyes, of a separate palm shield having side extensions therefrom provided with eyes in complementary relation to the eyes of said hand covering flapproviding means, and lacing means between the eyes of the flap-providing means and palm shield fixedly mounting the shield upon the hand covering as a detachable accessory therefor.

MAURICE NEBACK. 

